Macbeth - Loyalty - teaching resource

GCSE English Teaching Resources: Macbeth – Loyalty

(32-slide PowerPoint with 10 worksheets)

This GCSE English Literature teaching resource focuses on the theme of loyalty in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Designed for students studying the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and WJEC specifications, the lessons use creative, interactive strategies to build understanding, encourage independent thinking, and prepare learners for GCSE exam success.

Through a 32-slide editable PowerPoint and ten accompanying worksheets, students will:

• Begin with an SMSC starter activity exploring loyalty and its different forms

• Apply their understanding using a sliding scale task to evaluate characters’ loyalty within the play

• Take part in creative learning activities, including setting up a ‘shop’ of character comments and designing a maze to represent their growing knowledge

• Develop exam skills with structured extract analysis and guided question prompts

• Build confidence through differentiated tasks and scaffolding, ensuring accessibility for all abilities

• Access hints, tips, and modelled approaches to support independent learning and essay preparation

Perfect for classroom teaching, homework, intervention, or revision, this resource combines engaging activities with exam-focused guidance to help students master the theme of loyalty in Macbeth.

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